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Divided We Stand

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students figure out how to arrange seating in a concert hall given specific requirements. They better explain how dividing can allow us to arrive at mathematical solutions quickly and logically.
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Questions for Today: Communities

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students discover how questionnaires help communities to determine the needs of its citizens. They make an analogy between a survey of students about their school and a survey of citizens about their community.
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Using an Amortization Table

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Young scholars search the Internet to find a site that contains an amortization table and make a hypothesis about the results of changing time and rate. They examine the affects of time and rate on a mortgage and discuss the difference...
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In Your Own Backyard

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students observe organisms in their habitat and record their observations. They then draw conclusions about the organism's habitat needs and food sources.
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Presidential Database

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders research the Presidents of the United States. They develop generalizations about the nature of the Executive Branch using the researched information. Students complete a Query worksheet about the Presidents.
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An Emergency Father's Day Card!

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this Father's Day worksheet, students cut out and fold a card that has the words "Happy Father's Day" and a picture of a top hat and cane.
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Conservation Success Index

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students read information about trout habitat preservation and visit the various links to learn a fish species and its current habitat range. In this habitat conservation lesson, students read passages about use the Trout Unlimited...
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Miracle of Winged Migration

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students explore the life cycle of insects by researching butterflies. In this insect migration lesson, students identify the Monarch butterfly, where they inhabit, and what their migration consists of. Students utilize the Internet to...
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Careers in Mining

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students examine the different careers related to mining. They watch and discuss a video, take a survey of interests and discuss the mining careers that they might be interested in, and create a drawing of themselves doing one of the...
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What do we need to know before going online?

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students explore, examine and study about digital cameras, downloading photos, painting tools, word processing and identifying legal, ethical and human practice relating to technology use by minors. They identify potential ethical...
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Mathematical Modeling

For Students 11th - 12th
In this Pre-Calculus worksheet, students investigate the process of formulating, solving, and interpreting mathematical models.  The ten page worksheet contains explanation and four solved examples to serve as a guide for the...
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Olympic Games Snowboard Design

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils find travel destinations and information on countries around the world, and use their knowledge to create a snowboard design that represent the country they pick. They explore maps, weather, geography, languages, in their quest.
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Presentation of Findings

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students compile and format their findings from the worm bins, the plant activity, and their Internet research on related topics into scrapbooks.
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Geo Jammin' By DeSign - Day 2, Lesson 10: Wanna Trade?

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students listen to a book that facilitates a discussion of trade and things that people need. They determine what things might be traded.
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Geo Jammin' By DeSign - Day 5, Lesson 28: The Mo-tea-if

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore tea dyeing cloth.
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Geo Jammin' By DeSign - Day 6, Lesson 32: Appliqué-tion of Learning

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders hand stitch three different appliqué stitches using triangles as a motif.
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Making Sense of the Census

For Teachers K - 4th
In this unit of lessons, students make sense of the Census. They examine why a census is taken and participate in activities.
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Making Sense of the Census

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this unit of lessons, students make sense of the census. They examine why a census is taken and partipate in activities.
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Water Quality Monitoring of Natural Water

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students create their own monitoring program for natural water. They collect samples from an appropriate sampling site. They perform chemical and biological analyses of their samples. They present their information to the class.
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Optional Laboratory: Forest Volume Cruise

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers examine the process in which to complete a forest volume cruise. They practice calculating the amount of lumber per acre of a given area. They share their results with the class.
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Missed The Boat

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Learners complete time and distance problems. Using appropriate problem solving strategies, students determine when a helicopter will catch a cruise ship. Learners write a summary of their solution process. They complete a graph to...
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Cultural Corner- "Mexico"

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students use print and electronic resources to gather information about Mexico. They present a mini-museum to share with students, parents, and other interested classes around the district. They present their information in a video...
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Plant Biotechnology: Controlling Tissue Differentiation

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students demonstrate hormonal control of plant tissue differentiation and relate this differentiation to gene expression. They explore the effects of hormones (auxin and cytokinin) on the genes that control tissue differentiation in callus.
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The Great Depression WebQuest

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders explore the events of the Great Depression. They analyze the events and select those most important to contemporary people and the future of the nation. Students create a PowerPoint presentation over the Great Depression.

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